serotherapy

se·ro·the·ra·py
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noun

The therapeutic use of sera or vaccines.

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Meanings

nounserotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural serotherapies)

plural serotherapies

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe therapeutic use of sera or vaccines.

    I will take this opportunity to present various regional initiatives in serum production that are absent from most historical accounts of serotherapy, even those focusing on France.

    2016, Jonathan Simon, Diphtheria Serum as a Technological Object: A Philosophical Analysis of Serotherapy in France 1894-1900

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
serotherapeutics

Origin

From sero- + therapy.

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Translations

Finnish seerumihoito, seroterapia
  • seerumihoitothe therapeutic use of sera or vaccines
  • seroterapiathe therapeutic use of sera or vaccines
French sérothérapie
  • sérothérapiethe therapeutic use of sera or vaccines
Italian sieroterapia
  • sieroterapiathe therapeutic use of sera or vaccines
Cite this entry
APA

serotherapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serotherapy

MLA

“serotherapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serotherapy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “serotherapy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serotherapy.

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